John of the Cross – A Living Flame

By Blessed Marie-Eugène of the Child Jesus. Translated by Cyprian Blamires. 

“Periods of deChristianisation like the one we are enduring are liable to provoke a reaction by the Spirit, who takes hold of certain souls and breathes into them this thirst and this appetite for perfection ...”

These words of Blessed Marie-Eugène of the Child Jesus testify to the pressing need that he felt all his life to spread the spiritual doctrine of the Reformer of Carmel. His living teaching is rooted in an experiential knowledge of St John of the Cross, constantly enriched by his familiarity with Thérèse of Lisieux, the most authentic disciple of the Doctor of the nights. John of the Cross: a Living Flame brings together the key points in this teaching, which has never had any other purpose than to lead individuals to the perfection of love, in the purest tradition of the Teachers of Carmel.